I just wanted to see what exactly everyone plans on reading when they first get the Reader. (bundled books on the Reader doesn't count)

Which book/genre are you starting off with?

Thanks

I was thinking I might read the follow-up to the Star Trek Vanguard Book One (that is one of the included books). And I thought it was a great marketing tool by the publisher to arrange for the first book in a series to be included. But to my shock and amazement, when I looked for book two, it seems that it's not only unavailable at the Sony store, but not even in paper form!

Am considering a manga (would be my first)... Psy-Comm looks interesting
http://ebooks.connect.com/product/400/000/000/000/000/047/172/400000000000000047172.html

Also think this one might be interesting as there are times that I'm both a sports fan and an idiot!
http://ebooks.connect.com/product/400/000/000/000/000/035/987/400000000000000035987.html

But most likely I'll read this one, which is the next in an awesome Mitch Rapp series!
http://ebooks.connect.com/product/400/000/000/000/000/035/987/400000000000000035987.html
There's a list of the books in the Mitch Rapp series here...
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/f/vince-flynn/

I'm a bit stuck one of these two books:

Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (Science Fiction)
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780151327652&itm=3

or

Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer (Fantasy)
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SID=322013&z=y

I think I may start with the first book, but who knows :) I dont have it yet, but it should be here hopefully today.

As for genre, that's easy: SciFi!

Probably a Baen book, it depends somewhat on what I'm in the mood to read when I get ready to start the first one. :grin:

I started reading the Trek book too, always wanted to get that one actually. After that I'm going to start on the Starfleet Corps of Engineering e-books, that should be fun.

Terry Pratchett's Wintersmith from the Discworld series. Some say it's fantasy, but I like to think of it as humorous unfuturistic sci-fi with lots of social commentary. Kind of thing.

I am not sure if I will buy it from the Connect store (with my $50 voucher) or just get it elsewhere. Either way, I will buy the paperback. It would be blasphemy for me not to.

Am considering a manga (would be my first)... Psy-Comm looks interesting
http://ebooks.connect.com/product/400/000/000/000/000/047/172/400000000000000047172.html

Just a note: all the manga in the store so far is so-called "Amerimanga" or OEL (Original English Language) manga, i.e. manga-style comics by English authors. Some consider it inferior to Japanese manga... your mileage may vary :)
I wish they included some Japanese manga... it's sort of weird how they were showing off Trigun at CES but there's not sign of it now. I guess the deal with Viz didn't work out.
Well, I for one expecting Scrapped Princess (http://www.tokyopop.com/popfiction/scrapped_princess.php) as the part of the announced Pop Fiction lineup. Kino no Tabi should be good too...

I'm saving "Eldest" by Christopher Paolini. And "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova. Both are epic long tomes, so that should be a decent break-in :)

I just started a pratchett p-book which I also have in e-book form so hopefully I'll be able to make a seamless transition when my reader arrives.

I'm a bit stuck one of these two books:

Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (Science Fiction)
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780151327652&itm=3



Focault's Pendulum is an excellent book, but I don't know if it qualifies as science fiction - I would put it in the general "fiction" camp.

But again, a fantastic book! I wholeheartedly recommend it, especially if you're into Grand Conspiracy Theories.

Frogsmasha, what format is Foucault's Pendulum in?

Has anyone noticed what a pain it is that Connect limits the browsing to 500 books per genre? For that matter, what a pain the browsing is?

I might start with Idoru by William Gibson, Jonathan Lethem's Men & Cartoons, or maybe Imajica by Clive Barker. I have 3 pages of books written down to choose from on the Connect site (wish they had a wishlist feature).

Being new to ebooks, I'm making a rule for myself, which I'm sure won't take long to shatter:
Only buy books that I don't have in paper, that I only have in hardback or overly-heavy paperback (like Year's Best SF), or that lend themselves particularly to reading on the go, such as short stories or fluffy contemporary supernatural fantasy-horror-erotic-mystery-type books.

moving the question...

"Cell" by Stephen King would be my first. :)

I thoroughly enjoyed Stephen King's "Cell". I was glad that this title was in his older style of writing. I did not care for any of his Gunslinger books apart from The Drawing of the Three.

At current count, I have a list of 52 books from the BAEN site that I plan to read - hmm, that is one a week for a year! Better, yet, no DRM! First book, now 1/3 done, is John Ringo's "Ghost". Not fine literature, but well written entertainment.

Terry Pratchett's Wintersmith from the Discworld series. Some say it's fantasy, but I like to think of it as humorous unfuturistic sci-fi with lots of social commentary. Kind of thing.


Terry Pratchett is great. I wish all of his books were available for download for the Reader. I have every book he's written, but it would be great to have them in digital format. Gah!

I'm going to read Piers Anthony's books, particularly the Xanth series. I read them while growing up and have quite a fondness for the stories.

Neil Gaiman's American Gods would be my first book on the Reader. Previously I read his Anansi Boys which I thought was quite a good read.

Boris Akunin's first two books from the Erast Fandorin series
http://akunin.ru/knigi/fandorin/erast/

(That is official author web site for those who're interested)

Schrödinger's Ball (http://ebooks.connect.com/product/400/000/000/000/000/041/849/400000000000000041849.html) will be the first thing I read...it's a novel written by a friend of mine. (Shameless plug!) When I told him, he didn't even know it was available in electronic format. Imagine! I stumbled across it the other day when I was checking out the Sony Connect store.

Check out a review, if you're interested!

http://www.schrodingersball.com/?page_id=9

Hopefully, I can start reading tomorrow! *crosses fingers*